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Line 25: | followedby = | followedby = }} }} − '''''MechWarrior: Age of Destruction''''' is a WizKids-licensed short student film based on [[MechWarrior: Dark Age Collectable Miniatures Game#MechWarrior: Age of Destruction|the collectible miniatures game of the same name]]. Created by the DAVE School's class of April 2006 with the involvement of several active [[WizKids]] writers and staff members, the film may have been released for download in 2007 or 2008 on the DAVE School website - it is unclear. It would later be uploaded to YouTube by the school in 2014.+ '''MechWarrior: Age of Destruction''' was an unfinished officially licensed short student film based on [[MechWarrior: Dark Age Collectable Miniatures Game#MechWarrior: Age of Destruction|the collectible miniatures game of the same name]]. Created by the DAVE School's class of April 2006 with the involvement of several active [[WizKids]] writers and staff members, the film never reached official release. ==Production History== ==Production History== − DAVE School, [[:File:Goddard DAVE comment 1.PNG|according]] to [[WizKids]] MechWarrior brand manager and film co-producer [[Kevin Goddard]], reached out to WizKids for permission to make a student film based on the property. The team at WizKids was enthusiastic, and the film - and the WizKids-DAVE partnership - was [https://web.archive.org/web/20081125180254/http://www.wizkidsgames.com/wk_article.asp?cid=40609&frame=company announced on 2 February 2006.] MechWarrior writers and staff planned the story, helped write the script, and provided reference models, but the film was first and foremost a student project. + DAVE School, [[:File:Goddard DAVE comment 1.PNG|according]] to [[WizKids]] MechWarrior brand manager and film co-producer [[Kevin Goddard]], reached out to WizKids for permission to make a student film based on the property. The team at WizKids was enthusiastic, and the film - and the WizKids-DAVE partnership - was [https://web.archive.org/web/20081125180254/http://www.wizkidsgames.com/wk_article.asp?cid=40609&frame=company announced on 2 February 2006.] MechWarrior writers and staff planned the story, helped write the script, and provided models, but the film was first and foremost a student project. − [https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=kSJNJ0JCaRc The trailer] was released in November 2006, after the students involved had graduated. WizKids staff [[:File:Goddard DAVE comment 2.PNG|hoped to get the film polished for use]], perhaps at conventions. + [https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=kSJNJ0JCaRc The trailer] was released in November 2006, after the students involved had graduated. WizKids staff [[:File:Goddard DAVE comment 2.PNG|hoped to get the film polished for use]], perhaps at conventions, but this did not come to pass. The film was never completely finished and never officially released. However, in September 2008, shortly before WizKids was shut down, the full student film was unofficially uploaded to YouTube. − − It is not clear when the film was finally released. Archived versions of the DAVE School website hosted only the trailer for in-site streaming for several years, but started to include a MechWarrior.mov (lost to time) for download in mid-2007 alongside full film credits; full versions of the film started to appear on YouTube in late 2008, sometimes linking back to the DAVE School. Eventually, the DAVE School put the film up on YouTube itself in 2014. ==Canonicity== ==Canonicity== − The film was officially licensed and was made with the involvement of WizKids and official BattleTech writers, but was a student film made by an outside organization, and its release date is unclear. It is most safely treated as apocrypha.+ Although the film was officially licensed and was made with the involvement of WizKids and official BattleTech writers, the film was never officially released and thus cannot be considered canon. − − The events of the film were later covered in [[Shrapnel Issue 16]]. ==Summary== ==Summary== − With [[Milton]]'s defenses overwhelmed by the [[Wolf Hunters]], the [[Republic Armed Forces]] prepare to withdraw what they can from the planet. The Wolf Hunters move for the spaceport, and the two forces battle. Republic DropShips narrowly escape - leaving Paladin Mandela and several other RAF combatants behind. + With [[Milton]]'s defenses overwhelmed by the [[Wolf Hunters]], the [[Republic Armed Forces]] prepares to withdraw what they can from the planet. The Wolf Hunters move for the spaceport, and the two forces battle. Republic DropShips narrowly escape - leaving Paladin Mandela and several other RAF combatants behind. ==Featured Characters== ==Featured Characters== Line 52:
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| − | + | '''MechWarrior: Age of Destruction''' was an unfinished officially licensed short student film based on [[MechWarrior: Dark Age Collectable Miniatures Game#MechWarrior: Age of Destruction|the collectible miniatures game of the same name]]. Created by the DAVE School's class of April 2006 with the involvement of several active [[WizKids]] writers and staff members, the film never reached official release. | |
==Production History== | ==Production History== | ||
| − | DAVE School, [[:File:Goddard DAVE comment 1.PNG|according]] to [[WizKids]] MechWarrior brand manager and film co-producer [[Kevin Goddard]], reached out to WizKids for permission to make a student film based on the property. The team at WizKids was enthusiastic, and the film - and the WizKids-DAVE partnership - was [https://web.archive.org/web/20081125180254/http://www.wizkidsgames.com/wk_article.asp?cid=40609&frame=company announced on 2 February 2006.] MechWarrior writers and staff planned the story, helped write the script, and provided | + | DAVE School, [[:File:Goddard DAVE comment 1.PNG|according]] to [[WizKids]] MechWarrior brand manager and film co-producer [[Kevin Goddard]], reached out to WizKids for permission to make a student film based on the property. The team at WizKids was enthusiastic, and the film - and the WizKids-DAVE partnership - was [https://web.archive.org/web/20081125180254/http://www.wizkidsgames.com/wk_article.asp?cid=40609&frame=company announced on 2 February 2006.] MechWarrior writers and staff planned the story, helped write the script, and provided models, but the film was first and foremost a student project. |
| − | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=kSJNJ0JCaRc The trailer] was released in November 2006, after the students involved had graduated. WizKids staff [[:File:Goddard DAVE comment 2.PNG|hoped to get the film polished for use]], perhaps at conventions. | + | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=kSJNJ0JCaRc The trailer] was released in November 2006, after the students involved had graduated. WizKids staff [[:File:Goddard DAVE comment 2.PNG|hoped to get the film polished for use]], perhaps at conventions, but this did not come to pass. The film was never completely finished and never officially released. However, in September 2008, shortly before WizKids was shut down, the full student film was unofficially uploaded to YouTube. |
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==Canonicity== | ==Canonicity== | ||
| − | + | Although the film was officially licensed and was made with the involvement of WizKids and official BattleTech writers, the film was never officially released and thus cannot be considered canon. | |
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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
| − | With [[Milton]]'s defenses overwhelmed by the [[Wolf Hunters]], the [[Republic Armed Forces]] | + | With [[Milton]]'s defenses overwhelmed by the [[Wolf Hunters]], the [[Republic Armed Forces]] prepares to withdraw what they can from the planet. The Wolf Hunters move for the spaceport, and the two forces battle. Republic DropShips narrowly escape - leaving Paladin Mandela and several other RAF combatants behind. |
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* [[Milton]] | * [[Milton]] | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=kSJNJ0JCaRc The 2006 trailer] | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=kSJNJ0JCaRc The 2006 trailer] | ||
| − | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= | + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvPiu-bBMws The 2008 full film upload] |
[[Category:BattleTech Universe Products]] | [[Category:BattleTech Universe Products]] | ||